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Earlier this week, two young men lost their lives. They were new SMRT staff who met with a fatal accident because, apparently, someone or some people did not observe proper safety protocols. This is happening while the cases of ...
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It used to be just cyclists which drivers had to contend with on the roads. In recent times, we’re seeing other forms of transportation gadgetry, like motorised micro-scooters, e-monocycles and hover boards, coming ...
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It was sad enough to read about the death of national serviceman Private Dominique Sarron Lee’s death back in 2012, and subsequently the sad circumstances surrounding the incident, as well as other deaths in the Singapore ...
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An article in the Straits Times earlier this week explained the reasons behind why Singapore changed its passport numbering system. It came across to me like self-praise, that of how the immigration and other law enforcement ...
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The idea behind the Food Bank is nice. But perhaps they need better graphic design, and placement of their bins. At least that’s the case of the one located at the canteen below my office. People seem to have mistaken them ...
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There’re many non-Singaporeans in my work place, and being Singaporean, I’m often asked about many Singapore things. This Singaporean, however, isn’t very up-to-date with the touristy things in Singapore, so ...
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Since 2013, I’ve been exploring ways to get more real-time data about the haze situation in Singapore. We know how unhelpful 24-hour averages, and perhaps even 3-hour averages, are. There is better data out there, even from ...
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Back in 2013, when the haze in Singapore reached record levels, I decided I would get my own dust sensor. But before the sensor arrived, I was exploring other ways of determining the severity of the haze. How do we know the ...
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It was a pretty hazy day yesterday. Even the 24-hour PSI reading, usually less pronounced than the 3-hour one, strayed into the unhealthy range for some parts of the day. Then we had a good rain this afternoon this clear the ...
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Election season is underway, and we’ve just six days left before polling day. I’ve long wanted to give my two cents, but seeing that I never intended this blog to discuss politics, lest I inadvertently incur the wrath ...
